St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-26
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premier would have been nearer right:H
he had, instead of limiting it to a Spans
ish lady, left off the qualifying word, for,
the fan has been successfully welded.
in the hands of many another lovely
woman outside of the Spanish domin-
ion. We must pardon him, however,
when remembering that in the country
mentioned the fan is an appendages in
Separable from lady's costume on
every occasion, the heat of the climate
making its use necessary for comfort,
and in the hands of vivaciouS and
sparkling sen0rita, doubly graceful
adjunct of the toilet.
While fans have played conspicuous
part III history and poetry 1t would be
neither entertaining nor especially
profitable to travel back to the early
ages to discover their origin. Sufficient
for us that they exist, and are the Scep-
tiers Swayed DER friends and foes:
In that sweet realm of passion,
Where flowers, frills aud furbelows
And firts are all the fashion
and that they are, indeed, weapons
worthy of moments study. A lady
who can manipulate a fan gracefully
has now more than half of the battle in
the art of entertaining; unconsciOuSiy,.
as she SwayS it to and fro, she SWAPS the
mind of her listener, for there is a pecu-
liar fascination about motion which few
can resist, and which can be more cas-
lily felt than described. If you do not
believe that you can be lured on into
realms OF fancy and waited high in the
castles of air by the breeze of fan in Il
pretty wOmans hand, try it, and if,
when she suddenly snaps it together,
you don't descend from the heights, then
you are an exception. Perhaps this in
tiuence of the fan may be q sort of mes
meric one, and produces upon the sub
ject that state of mind which is mys-
terry to us all. 1t has long been ac-
knowledged a formidable weapon in
lOye-making, and even Byron grew pen
Siye over fan when inditing lines to it.
Besides its power, the fan is a Won
derful help to good manners, for ii it
breaks hearts it also saves feelings by
being the ambush of many a yaTn-
yes, horrible as it may sound, and un.
becoming as it is, many a lady cannot
resist the inclination to yawn, hope
leSSly, desperately, when trying to en-
dom. l have i'll my mind one particular
young lady who lost three desirable
friends by her inyeterate habit of yaWn-
ing without any attempt at cOncealment.
Now, the fan is charming means to
this end, for it is the easiest thing imag-
Unable to disappear behind ones fan at
slightest notice and leave all traces of
WEAKNESS. And then, what a dainty
screen it is for the bushes which So
often spring unbidden to a coy maiden, $
cheek. The size of the fan is said 70
determine the state of the morals of THE
period at which it is fashionable. When
large ones were in vogue it indicated
that the ladies of that day were eX-
fremaiV NlAnPSt
Genlis said upon the introduction Of
small fans in France: when women
were timid and blushed they used to
carry large fans, and they hid their
faces behind them. Now that they
blush no longer and are inundated by
nothing, they do not care to hide their
faces, and consequently they carry but
microscopic ones" Happily for IFS,
large ones are la mode, and no
one can insinuate that we are other than
the most proper of maidens. -